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New Workgroup Gears Up to Address Data Quality Issues With Geocoded Data
Health disparities are well documented using cancer registry data. And cancer registry data are essential to the evidence-based solutions approach of health equity research. Because health equity research evaluates the…
Registries
VPR in the News
The VPR continues to facilitate linkages between existing study cohorts and high-quality registry data for ascertaining cancer outcomes among study participants. To date in 2024, seven linkages have occurred, and…
Training
NAACCR Education and Training Upcoming Events
NAACCR Talks NAACCR Talks are free webinars targeting central registry and cancer surveillance professionals. A list of upcoming NAACCR Talks can be found on the NAACCR web site. RDU NAACCR…
Association
Now Available! Report from Paris Conference for International Childhood Cancer Partnership
On February 15th, International Childhood Cancer Day, we are proud to announce the release of the final report from the Paris Conference for an International Childhood Cancer Partnership. Pediatric cancers,…
Registries
Wyoming Cancer Surveillance System: A Succesful Interstate Data Exchange Project
A closer look at Wyoming Cancer Surveillance Program’s 2021 NPCR Success Story and its partnership with the neighboring Utah Cancer Registry. Spotlight on Registries is a relatively new feature for…
Surveillance
IARC Classifies Firefighter Exposure as a Human Carcinogen
Authors Judith M Graber, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health Antoinette M Stroup, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics &…
Association
Virtual Pooled Registry Update for Fall 2022
This quarter’s VPR update focuses on the successful implementation and use of the Central IRB. Last year NCI contracted with the Biomedical Research Alliance of New York (BRANY) to serve…
Surveillance
Creating Strong Integration With Canadian Health Information Systems
NAACCR’s editorial review board looks at central cancer registries in Canada and their strong integration with Canadian health information systems. As members of the Narrative editorial board, we have asked…
Members
A Q&A With Lymona Refugia, CTR at Guam Cancer Registry
In this article, Narrative spotlights the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Island (USAPI) Jurisdictions 2021 NPCR Success Story, describing its successful implementation of Fundamental Learning Collaborative for the Cancer Surveillance Community. Lymona…
Surveillance
One-Third of Women With Cervical Cancer in California Present Symptomatically
Cervical cancer can mostly be prevented or detected very early before symptoms develop, yet it persists. After large declines in incidence and mortality of cervical cancer, rates have plateaued since…